Of course, Summer is hot in Saigon (average high 89.7 F). But then so is Winter (89.2 F) and Fall (88.1 F). And Spring in Saigon is very hot! (93.5 F). So what’s so unique about Summer in Saigon? Well, Summer is the time when it can be both HOT and WET – it’s the [Read on …]
DOES VIETNAM HAVE ONE OF THE HIGHEST CORRUPTION RATINGS IN THE WORLD? Ahhhhh … Let’s Talk about the Weather 🙂 To best understand Saigon’s weather, it’s important to consider the interplay of HEAT, RAIN, and the amount of SUNSHINE each month. And to get an even clearer picture of the subtleties of Saigon’s [Read on …]
By The Hanoist On April 5, Russian energy giant Gazprom plunged into the maritime dispute between Vietnam and China with the announcement it would help state-owned PetroVietnam develop a lucrative off-shore energy field. By taking a major stake in the 5.2 and 5.3 blocks located in the Nam Con Son basin, Gazprom brings both exploration [Read on …]
SAIGON STREET FOOD REUNION Last week I began with “the Pulleys”! Mmmnnn?” you wonder. What’s Joe gotten into now?” Some new kinetic physics experiment? Hoisting a piano from the street up to his apartment’s fourth-floor balcony? Or, God save us, some unmentionable new Asian erotic device? Well, NO. It’s just the same old song – [Read on …]
Just twelve more meals here in northern California before I return to Ho Chi Minh City to once again savor amazing Saigon Street Food! That’s three meals each day for the next 4 days before I board Cathay Pacific’s midnight flight from San Francisco to Saigon. But who’s counting? That would be ME! Now, don’t [Read on …]
Vietnam seizes 5 tons of dead iguanas, pangolins Originally published: March 23, 2012 4:59 AM Updated: March 23, 2012 6:15 AM By The Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam – (AP) — Police in northern Vietnam have seized five tons of pangolin and iguana carcasses destined to be shipped to restaurants in China. State-run newspaper Thanh Nien [Read on …]
RESOURCE INVESTOR By Roman Baudzus April 12, 2012 The State Bank of Vietnam is instituting a de facto nationalization of Vietnam’s gold market, in an effort to restore confidence in the country’s currency – the dong. Vietnam is suffering from a growing current account deficit and record-high inflation. The government’s new measures will have unpleasant [Read on …]
Okay, you read about a great new Saigon street food vendor or Saigon eating adventure (presumably here at Eating Saigon!). You decided to take on that adventure by jumping onto one of Saigon’s possibly air-conditioned buses, figuring out how to find your way and pay your fare, and absorbing Saigon’s wonderful sites and smells along [Read on …]